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Nuclear: around fifty reactors are under construction around the world

2021-05-09T05:34:22.915Z


ANALYSIS - While some countries are opposed to it, a number of countries are still relying on nuclear power to prepare for the future.


There are countries, like Germany, which are definitely turning their backs on nuclear power.

Others, conversely, reinforce or venture into it.

They intend to meet growing energy needs, particularly in China, while reducing their CO2 emissions.

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In the United States, the world's leading nuclear power with 90 installations, out of a total of more than 400 reactors worldwide, President Joe Biden plans to subsidize this energy in one way or another.

He hopes to achieve one of his climate objectives, that of an American electricity industry free of greenhouse gas emissions by 2035.

A significant investment in China

In Japan, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said at the end of April, ten years after Fukushima, that he would maintain nuclear capacities in order to achieve a 46% reduction in CO2 emissions in the medium term.

In Great Britain, several power plants are under construction.

EDF is building two EPR reactors at Hinkley Point and has submitted a dossier for the

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Source: lefigaro

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